tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.comments2014-01-08T11:33:24.614-05:00cheryl chambleecheryl chambleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-56809164763522714692014-01-08T11:33:58.639-05:002014-01-08T11:33:58.639-05:00oh thank you! this means so much to me.oh thank you! this means so much to me.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-30697757430729122242014-01-08T11:33:24.614-05:002014-01-08T11:33:24.614-05:00yippee! thanks for the encouragement, jessica.yippee! thanks for the encouragement, jessica.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-33967522696261730832014-01-08T11:33:00.821-05:002014-01-08T11:33:00.821-05:00thanks so much for the yay + the birthday wishes, ...thanks so much for the yay + the birthday wishes, andrea! xo.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-59207570564874889562014-01-07T22:50:58.519-05:002014-01-07T22:50:58.519-05:00I am a day late but so glad to see this! Hope you ...I am a day late but so glad to see this! Hope you had a fantastic birthday! Much love to you, wonderful woman, and I&#39;m excited for you for your new writing/blogging adventure! xoxo and then some!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643529629243816860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-31934081840254124922014-01-06T15:41:29.213-05:002014-01-06T15:41:29.213-05:00Happy birthday to you Cheryl! And I can&#39;t wai...Happy birthday to you Cheryl! And I can&#39;t wait for what&#39;s new in this space. :)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991638626164427455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-64331950097210630752014-01-06T14:42:26.170-05:002014-01-06T14:42:26.170-05:00YAY Cheryl!! Happy Birthday fabulous woman!! So gl...YAY Cheryl!! Happy Birthday fabulous woman!! So glad you were born :)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600162132913493246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-32001956764803899222013-02-20T23:07:26.506-05:002013-02-20T23:07:26.506-05:00:):)cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-82530771150308018992013-02-20T23:07:15.437-05:002013-02-20T23:07:15.437-05:00oh. this makes me so happy. thanks, lady.oh. this makes me so happy. thanks, lady.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-24178150414449263542013-02-20T11:57:15.247-05:002013-02-20T11:57:15.247-05:00Love it.
Love it.<br />Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619602604227614403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-41619281543275199102013-02-20T00:56:43.393-05:002013-02-20T00:56:43.393-05:00Reading your blogs is akin to listening to you spe...Reading your blogs is akin to listening to you speak. I love it.Lorma Doonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598671795138871565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-58317045744886568932012-12-03T22:30:35.279-05:002012-12-03T22:30:35.279-05:00Beautiful. &lt;3 love you tooBeautiful. &lt;3 love you tooDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616435409390033605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-80803570319176267682012-10-18T20:08:25.453-04:002012-10-18T20:08:25.453-04:00Great post about the greatest dad! I have to add ...Great post about the greatest dad! I have to add how he would &quot;flag down the school bus for us in the morning&quot; to the list. Miss him always.KCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-40348781362720914772012-10-18T20:07:00.070-04:002012-10-18T20:07:00.070-04:00Loved it.Loved it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-85773242698953910712012-10-18T11:57:49.632-04:002012-10-18T11:57:49.632-04:00damn, cheryl. It may be because i&#39;m pregnant o...damn, cheryl. It may be because i&#39;m pregnant or just a little ball of emotion at the best of times, but this is like the fifth post of yours in a row that&#39;s made me cry. seriously. quit it!<br />but not really. :)<br />xoJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991638626164427455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-31018574713547922552012-10-18T08:57:54.051-04:002012-10-18T08:57:54.051-04:00Great tribute, cheryl! All those everyday-type par...Great tribute, cheryl! All those everyday-type particulars are what make your dad real and admirable. He sounds like a wonderful human being. <br /><br />I love that he made banners! I thought only my dad did that. He even made one when I passed chemistry. :)marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-45944829930692930032012-10-16T16:21:16.759-04:002012-10-16T16:21:16.759-04:00xo.xo.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-81301436069966447152012-10-16T16:04:56.128-04:002012-10-16T16:04:56.128-04:00AmenAmenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-63204509670752464222012-10-16T15:55:30.176-04:002012-10-16T15:55:30.176-04:00yes, lee! yes, i do. in fact, there was an earli...yes, lee! yes, i do. in fact, there was an earlier version of this post with just such an example from around the time i got married.<br /><br />i don&#39;t know that book you mention, but i&#39;ll check it out. thanks for your comment and your thoughts. appreciate it, and you.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-58757713876519879862012-10-16T14:55:54.612-04:002012-10-16T14:55:54.612-04:00seriously. i just reread it and it made me cry, ag...seriously. i just reread it and it made me cry, again. Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991638626164427455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-66544367266302730882012-10-16T14:49:27.058-04:002012-10-16T14:49:27.058-04:00Sometimes I think I can&#39;t let go of the weight...Sometimes I think I can&#39;t let go of the weight I&#39;ve put on, because it performs this great secret function of making me less attractive to men. I mean, that&#39;s not that secret, that part. But the secret part for me is that I think in some ways I prefer to remain untested. I was known as, or I knew myself as, the girl who cheated on everyone she dated. And yes, there were a lot of complicating reasons for that, and I did a bunch of psychological work on myself, and theoretically anyway the holes that used to be gaping are enough-filled that I wouldn&#39;t just jump at the chance to please some stranger if I got ogled in a bar (if, of course, I was ever out at one! alone! hmm.) But I think that once I am ready to lose weight, it will be hard to get over the secret fear that if I drop sixty pounds and am suddenly more attractive to men, that old dynamic will rear its head once more. Which I think is kind of funny, because a big part of being attractive to men (especially that kind of man) was being young and naive and willing, with poor self-esteem. So if I&#39;m 120 lbs but almost-40, with much better self-esteem and a sense of self-possession, what makes me think I will suddenly be super-vulnerable to all this attention from the anonymous swarthy masses? I dunno. Hmm. Thanks for giving me something to think about! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-84798939349608721172012-10-15T17:54:36.437-04:002012-10-15T17:54:36.437-04:00And do you occasionally catch yourself thinking, &...And do you occasionally catch yourself thinking, &quot;Well, when he comes back...&quot; or &quot;I need to share this with him&quot;?<br /><br />I found the book, My Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion helped me clarify what I go through as more and more people leave/cross over/die but I&#39;m still caught up short now and then when I realize that the sharing is done and the coming back impossible. <br /><br />Good work on this one, Cheryl. Cherish who you&#39;ve got now and let them know it.Lee Rhttp://highstrungdurham.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-46916701109559588722012-10-11T10:19:42.619-04:002012-10-11T10:19:42.619-04:00:) i think most people i know are too hard on the...:) i think most people i know are too hard on themselves.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-35567827089102375332012-10-09T17:29:49.950-04:002012-10-09T17:29:49.950-04:00Changing that dialog is very hard but very necessa...Changing that dialog is very hard but very necessary. You, my love, are wonderful and too hard on yourself.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-74896253630301488542012-10-04T17:18:00.122-04:002012-10-04T17:18:00.122-04:00yes and yes. right you are.yes and yes. right you are.cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762384624354104595.post-33339114024730142482012-10-04T17:16:49.493-04:002012-10-04T17:16:49.493-04:00derek, my favorite part of your comment is that la...derek, my favorite part of your comment is that last line: &quot;it&#39;s hard for me to ask for something when i&#39;m busy apologizing for all the selfish and entitled things i did instead.&quot; good food for thought.<br /><br />and, as for my specific example in the post: yep. i am indeed now trying to schedule times to talk about specific things!cheryl chambleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954708196592482951noreply@blogger.com